This fully updated book is an authoritative reference guide for the spectrum of diverse clinicians and allied health professionals who prescribe antiepileptic drugs in contemporary clinical practice. It includes clear information on thirty-five antiepileptic drugs, including newly-approved drug brivaracetam, and is essential for quick reference reading.

This is a broad-ranging review of the current research on Alzheimer's disease and other dementias from both basic neuroscience and clinical perspectives. It provides scientists and medical professionals with an extensive introduction and an up-to-date review of cutting-edge scientific advances in a single volume.

This is a broad-ranging review of the current research on Alzheimer's disease and other dementias from both basic neuroscience and clinical perspectives. It provides scientists and medical professionals with an extensive introduction and an up-to-date review of cutting-edge scientific advances in a single volume.

The hippocampus is a remarkable structure embedded within the medial temporal lobe of the brain. This volume offers an account of what the hippocampus does, how it does it and what happens when things goes wrong. It also illustrates how research focusing on this brain structure has revealed principles of wider generality for the whole brain.

The neuroscience of the human auditory system is a dynamic area of basic research with dramatic clinical application. This volume provides a comprehensive and focused reference on the neuroscience of hearing and the associated neurological diagnosis and treatment of auditory disorders.

Includes chapters that introduce illustrations of the gross anatomy, the blood supply and the microstructure of the central nervous system and deal with the development, topography and functional anatomy of the spinal cord, brain stem and cerebellum, diencephalons and telencephalon.